Career
Educated at the HMS Conway, Clutterbuck joined the Royal Navy in 1929. He served in World World War II on the cruiser HMS Ajax, seeing action in the Eastern Mediterranean. Escorting several Malta relief convoys, landing (and then evacuating) allied troops from Greece, and being present at the Battle of Cape Matapan.
His next ship was the heavy cruiser HMS Newfoundland taking part in the invasion of Sicily.
After the War he commanded the destroyers HMS Sluys and HMS Cadiz. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1966 and retired in 1968.
After retiring from military life, Sir David Clutterbuck became the first Director General of the Association of Master of Business Administration in 1969 (which carried the name Business Graduates Association until 1987).
